# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-corkum
# Generated: 2026-09-01T03:34:08.254Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-corkum"
name: "Paul Corkum"
slug: "paul-corkum"
description: "Paul Bruce Corkum is a Canadian physicist specializing in attosecond physics and laser science. He holds a joint University of Ottawa–NRC chair in attosecond photonics. He also holds academic positions at Texas A&M University and the University of New Mexico. Corkum is both a theorist and an experimentalist. He is known for developing the theory of attosecond physics."
tagline: "Canadian physicist"
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1943-10-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump